Archbishop’s ‘plea for peace’ in Zimbabwe
The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams yesterday criticised the government of Robert Mugabe and urged Anglicans not to retaliate against attacks on the church in Zimbabwe.
The cleric was greeted by thousands of singing and cheering Anglicans at an indoor sports centre in Harare where he delivered a sermon.
“For a long period in this country, an anxious ruling class clung on to the power they had seized at the expense of the indigenous people and ignored their rights and their hopes for dignity and political freedom.
“How tragic that this should be replaced by another kind of lawlessness, where so many live in daily fear of attack if they fail to comply with what the powerful require of them,” Mr Williams told the crowd.
He said people in Zimbabwe had been victims of greed and violence. “In this community, there can be no place for violence or for retaliation”.
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